Jamie Abbot-Erridge

“It's about taking all sorts of arguments and sources of evidence, pulling that all together & building that into something a minister or a senior official can understand.”

How did I get started?

I studied chemistry at the University of York, specialising in natural resources and the environment. I spent a year in industry and realised I didn't want to work in a lab, so I decided to do a PhD at Imperial College, London and moved into science communication.

Career progression

Because I had become involved in science communication and policy discussion, it felt like a natural choice to go for the Department of Business Innovation & Skills position when it came up. Now I'm being sent abroad to help promote international science collaboration!

“You can go home and read the news websites and stuff you've seen going on at work, or even stuff you've personally advised on, is now a news story.”